The boy from Hazratbal area of Srinagar was injured when a grenade exploded during a cross-firing on January 24, 2017
Sahil, a 14-year-old boy from Srinagar, is elated after getting a robotic hand implanted in the Capital. The teenager had lost his right hand last year in a grenade blast, while returning from his coaching classes in Kashmir. Sahil, after losing his hand, was getting into a state of depression and that is when his father decided to visit Delhi to get him a prosthetic hand.
The boy from Hazratbal area of Srinagar was injured when a grenade exploded during a cross-firing on January 24, 2017. He was first admitted to a medical college in Soura, before being brought to Delhi to get a prosthetic hand.
In Delhi, Sahil's father, Mohammad Ashraf Mir, approached a private company, which makes customized prosthetics for amputees. The boy was fitted with a hand which was developed indigenously for him.
"A myoelectric hand is controlled by electrical properties of muscles and has thumb rotation. The new prosthetic arm is controlled by an array of electrodes that are placed in contact where the device meets the skin in a quick, easy, non-invasive manner, and thus makes the rotation of the arm easier," said Neeraj Saxena, Director, P&O International.
The prosthetic continues to learn and adapt to changes in a person's myoelectrical patterns. Over some time, the algorithms learn these patterns, using artificial intelligence and in effect, a robot is created.
"Now I can open and close my hand, hold and drink water from my water bottle, tie my shoelaces, and even play with friends something. It is something that I wasn't able to do after the injury," said Sahil, after receiving a myoelectric hand at a private hospital in Delhi.
The robotic hand cost the family approximately Rs 50,000. After the implant, Sahil is more than happy and has returned to his home in Kashmir.
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